Psalms 36:1-12 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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The LORD's Love, Faithfulness, Righteousness, Justice
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Memory Verse: 36:4
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I. The Sinfulness of the Wicked (36:1-4)

1. What is an oracle? What is this oracle about? What does the wicked miss in life? Does and should the fear of God exist in the church age?

2. What is the cause of the wicked not fearing God? What is flattery from a Biblical perspective? How is this blindness and wny are the religious more susceptible to it? (Matthew 15:13-14, 23:16-39)

3. What unfolds as the wicked remain in the state of blindness to self? (3-4)

II. Love, Faithfulness, Righteousness, Justice (36:5-8)

4. With a shift from the wicked to the character traits of God, what is the author doing? What does the author brag about? (5-6) What is love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice? What example is given in verse 6?

5. What is priceless? Why? (7-8) Is anyone excluded? What does it mean to feast on it? What is the river of delights?

III. The Evildoers Lie Fallen (36:9-12)

6. What is the fountain of life? What does "in your light we see light" mean? How is this linked with the fountain of life? (John 1:4, 8:12)

7. What is two of the blessing to know the Lord? (10)

8. What is the request in verse 11? What was the result in verse 12?